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He ended by saying: "Your Highness may believe or not now as you please, but I presume you will when you read in your paper to-morrow morning of the suicide of a respectable Hebrew merchant named Isaac Josephus at the address which I have mentioned."
"Oh pray, sir," said Tommy, "do let me hear the story; I think I could now read for ever without being tired." "No," said Mr Barlow; "everything has its turn; to-morrow you shall read, but now we must work in the garden." "Then pray, sir," said Tommy, "may I ask a favour of you?"
Then comes the real adventure, my part of it. I didn't come here to-night to get any flashy old crown jewels. I came to take you out of " "You you know about the crown jewels?" she murmured. Her body seemed to stiffen. "Very little. They are nothing to me." "Then you know who I am?" "No. You will tell me to-morrow." "Yes, yes, to-morrow," she whispered, and fell to shivering again.
I fancied that she turned away in order that I should not see her face. "He was so disappointed," she murmured, "and he has been so kind, I did not like to disappoint him." "How is your uncle?" I asked. "I have not yet been allowed to see him," she answered, "but they tell me that he is better. If he has a good night to-night, to-morrow morning I may go to him."
I heard she would be here to-night and all to-morrow forenoon, and came down to seize the opportunity. I think an inn is a good sort of a place to propose to a single woman in, Mr. Pickwick. She is more likely to feel the loneliness of her situation in travelling, perhaps, than she would be at home. What do you think, Mr. Pickwick? 'I think it is very probable, replied that gentleman.
"Indeed," said Maltravers, "I am come to ask permission to do so, for to-morrow I depart for England." "Is it possible?" cried Teresa. "How sudden! How we shall miss you! Oh! don't go. But perhaps you have bad news from England?" "I have news that summon me hence," replied Maltravers; "my guardian and second father has been dangerously ill.
If I remember rightly, I named no time, but spoke of the future. Could I have answered the message which I received from you, I would have postponed your visit for a week or so." "Postponed it! Why, I am to be married the day after to-morrow. It was just as much as I was able to do, to come here at all." Mr. Glascock now pushed his chair back from the table, and prepared himself to speak up.
Anyway, Ray? we must go in now, don't give my secret away until I give you permission, will you?" "No; if you'll promise to think it over and try to believe what I've told you, that it's best to tell all." "All right, I'll promise that, and I may decide to tell. But I want to wait until after to-morrow, anyway."
It matters not how few or many years love and the beloved live their days side by side, even though their love be but the morning and the evening of one divine day, so that there be no bereaved and lonely to-morrow. The hour that takes one and not the other takes with it too all the accumulated happiness of all the years. That hour these two were to escape. Yet was there no need of haste.
I even took a counsel's opinion, thinking that at any rate an intimation that the case was to be tried before possession was given up might bring Fulbert to terms with regard to the living. 'And he would not? 'No. I should like to show you his letter. Would you do me the honour of dining with me to-morrow?
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